Archive for the ‘ beauty ’ Category

New Hair

I got a hair cut. I was tired of looking like a high school student. Or rather, I was tired of people’s jaws dropping when I told them I was 24. I mean, I’m all for looking younger, but 16-18 is a bit ridiculous, don’t you think? So voilà! Do I look my age now[ READ MORE ]

Diversity

I miss diversity like crazy here. (Most of the Taiwanese girls here aims for the same flat, skinny figure, translucent skin, dinner-plate-sized irises, and glued-on eyelashes that you could use to sweep the floor.) I miss curves. I miss a variety of shades of skin colors and hair colors. I miss ethnicities and a mixture [ READ MORE ]

Digital Perm

  • February 15th, 2010
  • Posted in beauty

I got a digital perm last weekend because I got tired of my straight straight hair which I’ve worn for years. Usually when I get tired of my hair, I usually just cut it short, but this time I decided to do something really different. I kind of made an impulse decision to get a [ READ MORE ]

Beauty, Unquestionably, is Pain

  • July 22nd, 2009
  • Posted in beauty

First in the news, I got my ears pierced. Again. A coworker of mine wanted a buddy so I made the spontaneous decision, “Sure, why not?”. And so we went during our lunch break to this cute little shop in an alley by school. It was only $100NT ($3USD), earrings included, and very sanitary and [ READ MORE ]